The University of Notre Dame enjoys extraordinary worldwide presence, a good portion of which is mediated through its network of Global Gateways. The current five Global Gateways—located in Beijing, Dublin, Jerusalem, London, and Rome—provide academic and intellectual hubs where scholars, students, and leaders from universities, government, business, and community gather to discuss, discover, and debate issues of topical and enduring relevance.

Eighteen University of Notre Dame students have been named Fulbright grant finalists in the 2015-2016 program, the most grantees the University has ever had in the program. Sixteen finalists have accepted the award.

Twenty doctoral students from Europe, Latin America, and the United States are participating in the Santander International Summer School on molecular catalysts from July 14-24 at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago, Chile. Organized by the University of Notre Dame, University of Heidelberg in Germany, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC) in Santiago, the summer school will highlight the fundamentals and current developments in the field of molecular catalysts, with an emphasis on catalysts as synthetic tools.

This workshop is abstract driven and allows for a setting where young investigators can exchange their research ideas with more seasoned and established investigators. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage collaborations between different countries working in the area of plasminogen biochemistry and biology, and to facilitate new thoughts on how the plasminogen system functions in physiology and pathophysiology. The first meeting occurred in Amalfi, Italy in 1985 and since then it has alternated with a U.S. host city on a biennial schedule. Sponsored by the W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research…